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About Katikbhita Village

Katikbhita is a small village in Boarijor tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 166, made up of 85 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katikbhita Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katikbhita village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Boarijor
Pincode 814147
Area (hectares) 55 hectares
Population 166
Male Population 85
Female Population 81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 953
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Katikbhita compares

By the 2011 count Katikbhita is the 168th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 55 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Katikbhita

Katikbhita is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Katikbhita as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katikbhita from other places

Katikbhita lies about 43 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 16 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Katikbhita
Nearest railway station Barharwa Junction 16 km
Nearest town Pakur 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Boarijor 34 km
District headquarters Godda 43 km

Villages closest to Katikbhita

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Boarijor tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Katikbhita

As per the Census of India 2011, Katikbhita village had a population of 166. That makes it the 168th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Katikbhita village has 85 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katikbhita has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Katikbhita is 814147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katikbhita covers 55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katikbhita falls under Boarijor tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Katikbhita is Barharwa Junction, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Katikbhita.

Katikbhita is about 43 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katikbhita is in Boarijor tehsil of Godda district. Barharwa Junction is about 16 km away. Pakur is about 26 km away. Boarijor is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dumberi Bedo (under 2 km), Androcharpahar (6.0 km) and Matubera Masaharpahar (6.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Katikbhita today is likely to be higher.

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